Check-endorsing machine



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CHECK"ENDORSING MACHINE Filed Aug. 9, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 VENTOR ATTGRN EY Filed Aug. 9, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 FIG] INVENTOR A ORNEYQJOLDEYVEOOM Patented se ta 1951 CHECK-ENDORSING MACHINE Derk J.Oldenboom, Binghamton, N. Y., assignor to International BusinessMachines Crnoration, New York, N. Y., a corporation oi New YorkApplication August 9, 1945, Serial No. 609,792

Claims. 1

This invention relates to printing mechanisms generally but specificallyto endorsing mechanisms for checks for selectively printing the partialor full endorsement on the checks passed through the machine.

This invention may be viewed as an improvement upon the check endorsingmechanism shown and described in the patent to S. Brand, No. 2,237,269,granted April 1, 1941, and especially upon the patent to A. E. Miller etal., No. 2,307,150, granted January 5, 1943.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a check endorsingmechanism which is capable of eflecting two types of endorsement, eitherof which may be selected at the will of the operator. Such types ofendorsement are utilized in connection with two different forms of checkhandling. One requires printing of the date and bank number" and theother requires, in addition, the printing of other data identifying thebank clearing the check, etc.

Endorsing mechanism shown in the patent to A. E. Miller et al.previously cited is provided with selective means for controlling theoperation of the endorsing mechanism in accordance with the compartmentsselected. Such selective devices, however, required their incorporationin the sorting machine by the user or a serviceman so as to vary theselective control of the endorsing mechanism according to therequirements. Such selective control, however, would not enable thediscrimination between partial and full endorsement operations and ifthe machine was conditioned for one type of endorsing operation it wasnecessary for the operator to effect an additional manipulation tocondition the machine according to another requirement. This mode ofoperation greatly slowed up the operation and it is to overcome thisdisadvantage that the present arrangement has been devised.

Another object of the invention is to provide a selective arrangementwhich, when set up by the operator, will carry out selective endorsingoperations, either partial or full, according to the requirements andautomatically without attention on the part of the operator. A stillfurther object of the invention is to enable the selective control ofthe partial and full endorsing mechanisms in accordance with thecompartment selected and preferably under control of the compartmentselecting keys.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide an electricalarrangement including selective plug connections which can be varied bythe operator at will so as to provide selective control of the partialand iull endorsing mechanisms in accordance with the compartmentsselected.

A still more specific object of the invention is to disable theaforesaid selective control by the operator and to provide an additionaloperator control which enables continuous repeated operation of thepartial endorsing mechanism or alternatively a continuous repeatedoperation of the full endorsing mechanism, whereby some checks sortedduring one run may be either partially endorsed and others in anotherrun fully endorsed.

Another object of the invention relates specifically to the constructionof the check endorsing mechanism which is rugged in construction andeflicient in operation and is considered to be a simplification overthat previously devised.

Another object of the present invention is to devise the improvedconstruction of the check endorsing mechanism so that it may beincorporated in existing machines without radical changes. I

While the improvement has been shown in the combined accounting andcheck sorting machine of the type fully shown and described in thepatent to Fuller et al., No. 2,079,442, granted May 4, 1937, many or allof the features of the present invention may be incorporated in othertypes of machines and the disclosure should be considered as merelyillustrative and not restrictive.

Other objects of the invention will be pointed out in the followingdescription and claims and illustrated in the accompany drawings, whichdisclose, by way of example, the principle of the invention and the bestmode, which has been contemplated, of applying that principle.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation showing the right side of themanually controlled check sorting machine to which the presentimprovements are. preferably applied.

Fig. 2 is a wiring diagram of the electrical parts of the presentapparatus.

Figs. 3a and 3b are details of the cams which eflect partial and fullendorsing operations.

Fig. 4 is a partial sectional view of the sorting drum showingparticularly the normal relationship between the check feeding mechanismand check sorting compartments.

Fig. 5 is a sectional vi'ewtaken on the line H 01' Fig. 7.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-8 of Fig. '1.

Fig. '1 is a front elevational view partially in section taken on theline 1-1 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the endorsing mechanism and coordinatedmechanism of the manually controlled check sorting machine.

The present invention is preferably shown in connection with a check ordocument sorting machine, fully shown and described in Patent No.2,079,442, dated May 4, 1937. I

A sorting machine of this type is provided with a sorting drum l4 (Figs.1 and 4) which is loosely mounted upon a shaft ll (Fig. 1) and rotatedby a chain II from a drive shaft ll driven by a motor. The shaft It maybe rotated in either direction to correspondingly rotate drum It toselect a desired sorting compartment carried by the drum ID by theshorter of the two directions of rotation. By means of compartmentselecting keys l4, of which there is one for each compartment. theextent and direction of rotation of sorting drum I is predetermined andsaid keys control an electromagnetic stop mechanism. generalLvdesignated by numeral l5 in Fig. 1, which cooperates with lugs llcarried by the drum It to stop the drum at the desired position. All ofthe means for carrying out the above functions are well known and fullydescribed in the above cited patent.

In Fig. 4 there will be seen a portion of the sorting drum i0 and two ofthe sorting compartments IT. The checks or documents l8 to be sorted aretaken from a pile and are individually inserted by hand in a feedingchute l9 between feeding rollers to be hereinafter described. Thefeeding operation is initiated by the depression of a motor release bar(Fig. 1) and in the present machine effects the feeding of the check andthe full or partial endorsing of the check or document.

Motor release bar,

. Check feeding operations are rendered operative when the motorreleasebar 20 is depressed.

As best shown in Fig. 1, the motor release bar 20 4 is positionedexteriorly of the check and document sorting machine for a manualdepression.

When the motor release bar 20 is depressed it effects a clutchconnection to drive a shaft 84.

such clutch connection being effected by an elec- 50 tromagneticallycontrolled clutch which is fully shown and described in the patent to 8.Brand, No. 2,237,269, granted April 1. 1941, and shown in detail in Fig.2 of this patent. v

Referring to Fig. 1, secured to the constantly rotating drive shaft 28is asprocket gear (not shown) around which passes an endless chain 28surrounding a sprocket gear 30 attached to a shaft 3|. Attached to saidshaft Si is a pinion to e described.

Check feeding mechanism After the drum It has been positioned accordingto the compartment selecting key l4 operated. the check I. to be sortedwith or without an endorsing operation is manually insertedin theaperture is (Fig. 4) and the motor release bar 24 is then depressed tocause it to feed'the inserted check into the selected compartment by vfeeding means now to be described.

Attached to the shaft 34 (Fig. 4) is a gear 85 in mesh with a gear 36loose on a fixed stud 31 (see also Fig. 8), which gear drives a gear 38.

loose on a fixed stud 89. The gear 38 meshes with a gear 40A attached toone end of a drive shaft 4| and the other end of the drive shaft 4| hasalso attached similar gear 403 (Fig. 8). Gear 403 meshes withan idlerpinion 42 (Fig. 4). Said idler pinion 42 meshes with a pinion 44attached to a feed roller shaft 45. The pinion 44 meshes with a pinion4'6 attached to a feed roller shaft 41. To the feed roller shafts 45 and41 there is secured the small feed rollers 48.

Fixed in the main side frames of the machine is a transverse casting(Figs. 6 and 8) which carries side frame plates 5| and 52 (Fig. 8) andin these side frame plates are journalled the drive shaft 4i and alsothe feed roller drive shafts 45 and 41 (Fig. 4). Attached to the driveshaft 4| is a plurality of resilient feeding rollers 53 (Figs. 3 and 8)The casting 50 has a plurality of integral cars 54 (Fig. 8) whichsupports a transverse rod 55 (Figs. 7 and 8) and dependently hung fromrod 55 but clamped thereto at one side of the check endorsing mechanismis a plurality of arms 55 in which is journalled the feed roller driveshaft 51 82 meshing with a gear 33 loosely mounted on the carryingfeeding rollers 58 which cooperate with the related feeding rollers 53.At the other side of the check endorsing mechanism is a pair of arms 59similar to the arms 56 which are dependently hung from the rod 55 butclamped thereto and carry at their lower ends a feed roller drivingshaft 60 having attached thereto feed rollers 5|, cooperating with therelated ones of the feeding rollers 53. The gear 40A meshes with a gear62 (Fig. 8) attached to the feed roller driving shaft 60 and the gear403 meshes with a gear 63 (Fig. 8) attached to the feeding rollerdriving shaft 51. Hence, it is obvious that the feeding rollers 53 areoppositely driven with respect to the feeding rollers 58 and 6|. Thecheck to be fed is inserted between the bite 54 '(Figs. 4 and 8) of theaforementioned feeding rollers 53, 58, 6|. The arms 56 and 59 have, asshown in Fig. 8, split hub portions surrounding the rod 55 and byclamping screws 65 the arms may be angularly set in the desired positionso that the feeding rollers 58 and 6| cooperate with the feeding rollers53. If so desired the arms 55 and 59 may be loosely mounted on the rod55 and any suitable spring means may be provided to rock the rollers 58and BI into resilient cooperation with the feeding rollers 58.

The smaller feedingrollers 48 and the larger I feeding rollers 53, 58and GI are similar to those provided in the check feeding mechanism inthe patent to 8. Brand, No. 2,237,269 but in the patented constructionthe corresponding feed roller drive shafts 4i, 51. 60 and the feedroller shafts 45 and 41 for the smaller feed rollers are mounted upon areciprocable frame but in the present construction all of said feedroller shafts have a fixed bearing, due to the manner in which they aresupported by the casting 50.

When checks are to be sorted they are manually inserted between the bite64 of the feeding rollers 58, "and (ii and as thecheck is fed by saidrollers and the leading edge emerges therefrom it passes between thebite of the feeding rollers 48 which are concurrently driven and thelatter will continue to feed the check to completely feed it to theselected compartment 11. The feed roller driving shafts are driven tosuch an extent that if the check is of normal width they will completelyfeed a check which has been inserted in the chute l9 to the selectedcompartment I! when the check feeding is initiated by the depression ofthe motor release bar.

So far described the check feeding arrangement is somewhat similar tothat disclosed in the patent to S. Brand, No. 2,237,269, except for themounting of the feed roller driving shafts.

' Endorsing mechanism It is desirable to selectively endorse certainchecks which are disposed in selected sorting compartments and a furtherfeature of the machine enables endorsing operations to be effectedaccording to "partial endorsement or full endorsement."

Endorsing operations are efiected on the checks by means of a segmentalprinting cylinder designated generally by numeral I8 in Figs. 5 and 'I.The segmental printing cylinder comprises an arcuate shaped segmentmember II and integral side plates 12. Said side plates I2 are providedwith split hub portions I3 so that by clamp screws I8 the segmentalprinting cylinder is fixedly attached to a driving shaft I5. Between theside plates I2 there is journalled a rod I6 on which are pivotedprinting wheels consisting of groups 11 and I8. The wheels 'II comprisefour settable printing wheels which print the day of the month, themonth, and the year. The settable wheels I8 are numeral wheels adaptedto print a block number and such wheels are set to print the same numberon a group of checks sorted in selected compartments until changed.Cooperating withthe groups of printing wheels 11 and I8 are springpressed aligning pawls I9 which maintain the printing wheels in theirset positions. The print wheels TI and i8 project through a notch 88 inthe segmental plate II and also through an aperture 8i of anelectroplate 82 fixedly attached to the segmental plate II. Suchelectroplate has printing characters for printing certain informationupon the check which identifies the bank making the endorsement. When afull endorsement of a check is to be printed, printing is effected bothfrom the electroplate 82 and the printing wheels TI and 18 but when thecheck is to receive a partial endorsement, printing is effected onlyfrom the printing wheels 11 and I8.

Referring to Fig. 7 secured to the driving shaft I5 is a gear 83 meshingwith a gear 84 loosely mounted upon the rod 55 and having a sleeveconnection 85 with a gear 86, said sleeve also being mounted on the rod55. Gear 86 meshes with a gear 81 secured to the feed roller drivingshaft 88. Obviously, since shaft 88 rotates for each check feedingoperation the driving train consisting of gears 81, 85, 84, 83 willinvariably rotate the endorsing cylinder driving shaft I5 but whether ornot endorsing operations will take place will depend upon the positionof the frame which carries the endorsing cylinder. The driving shaft I5is carried as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 by arms 88 and 89 which are looselypivoted upon the rod 55 and in the normal position of the frame it willbe seen (see Fig. 6) that the driving shaft I5 is eccentric with respectto the axis of the shafts 51 and 68 of the feeding rollers 58 and GI,the shaft I5 being normally in such position that while the printingcylinder is rotated during a check feeding operation none of theprinting elements thereof will make contact with a rubber impressionplaten 98 which is the width of the printing cylinder (Fig. 8). Therubber impression platen 90 is carried by a pair of arms 9| pivoted on arod 92 (see Fig. 4). For nonendorsing operations the endorsing cylinderframe 88-89 is maintained in the position shown in Fig. 6 by means nowto be described.

Non-endorsing operations Loosely pivoted upon the rod 55 and between theside frame plates 88, 89 of the printing cylinder frame is a castingwhich consists of a transverse bar 92 (Figs. 6'and 7) and a pair ofupstanding bracket arms 93 and 98 loosely pivoted on shaft 55. A rod 95is Journalled in the bracket arms 99 and 94 and carries a followerroller 98. Also mounted on the rod 95 is a follower roller 91 which iscapable of being shifted to the left (Fig. '7) for full endorsement andto the right for partial endorsement as will be later described, but fornon-endorsing operations said roller 9'! remains in the position shownin Fig. I for cooperation with a concentric disk 98 (see Fig. 6) securedto a drive shaft I88. Springs 99 (Fig. 8) are connected between theupper extremities of the side frame plates 88 and 89 to stationary studsI88 carried by brackets I88, I extending upwardly from the casting 58,thus causing studs I8I (Fig. 7) carried by each of the side frame plates88 and 89 to bear against the related bracket arms and 98. Thus, by thisarrangement the tension in the springs 99 rocks the casting 92, 98 and94 clockwise (Fig. 5) about the rod 55, causing the roller 91 tocontinuously bear against the concentric disk 98. The shaft I88 whichcarries the disk 98 is a cam driving shaft and is journalled in bracketsI88, I88 and has secured at one end a gear I82 (Figs. 6 and 8) meshingwith the gear 84. Hence, shaft I83 is rotated a complete revolution foreach check feeding operation. The disk 98 with which the roller 91cooperates is concentric in its complete periphery and understandingthat the springs 99 attempt to rock the printing cylinder frameclockwise (Fig. 6) it is obvious that the cooperation of the followerroller 91 with disk 98 in a non-endorsing operation will cause theprinting cylinder frame to remain in the position shown in Fig. 6 sothat while said printing cylinder rotates it will not make contact withthe platen 88 and hence no endorsement will be effected on the back ofthe check which is being fed to a. selected compartment.

Full endorsement printing operations As premised hereinbefore themachine may be conditioned so that during check feeding operations afull endorsement printing operation can be effected on the check andsuch printing is made on the back of the check from both the.

groups of printing wheels 11 and I8 and also the electroplate 82. Ingeneral, the machine is conditioned for full endorsement printingoperations by shifting the roller 91 so that itis out of cooperativerelationship with the concentric disk 98 (Fig. 8) thus enabling theroller 98 to cooperate with and follow the contour of the fullendorsement printing controlling cam III) (Fig. 3b) which is alsosecured to the cam driving shaft I83. The contour of the cam I I8 issuch as shown in Fig. 322 that it will enable the rocking of theprinting cylinder frame to cause during the rotation of the printingcylinder the electroplate pin H3 which passes through an actuatingplatev H4 which is pivoted on a pin I09 which is an integral part of asupport rod I08 fixed to casting 90. Also passing through the actuatingplate H4 is a pin H5 which extends from the core H6 of the solenoid HIP,which latter solenoid is energized to condition the machine for partialendorsing operations. The actuating plate H4 has a slot receiving a pinI06 carried by a rod H1 which is slidable in the bracket arms 93, 94. Asbest shown in Fig. 7, clamped to the rod H1 by a clamp screw H8 is amember II 9 having integral spaced arms I20 and I 2i apertured toreceive the rod 95, and between which arms I20, I2I the roller 91 isconfined. Obviously, when rod H1 is shifted to the left as viewed inFig. 7 and to the right as viewed in Fig. 8, roller 91 will be broughtout of coaction with cam 98 which relationship is necessary for fullendorsement operations.

Referring to Fig. 8 pivoted on the stud H5 are arms I23, I24 in ascissors arrangement, and extending between the free ends of arms I23and I24 is a normally tensioned spring I25, the tension of this springadapted to bring the free ends of the arms together so as to abut thestud H3 which, it will be recalled, extends from the core H2 of solenoidIIIF.

When the solenoid IIIF is energized prior to a check endorsing operationit will attract its core H2 and since pin H3 passes through theactuating plate H4 it will rock the latter clock- I wise about pivot pinI09 which is relatively stationary, thereby shifting pin I03 and rod H1to the right to bring roller 91 to the right as viewed in Fig. 8 or tothe left as viewed in Fig. 7 out of I coaction with cam 98. Since thestud H3 bears against the arm I23 it is obvious that movement of thecore H2 within the solenoid IIIF will rock the arm I23 to tension springI25. As will be clearer later on, solenoid IIIF is maintained energizedduring the check feeding operation and the release of the key whichselects the solenoid IIIF for energization by the depression of anotherkey prior to the next check feeding operation will deenergize thesolenoid II I F, thereby enabling spring I25 to be effective to restorethe core H2 outwardly, at the same time rocking the actuating plate H4reversely, counterclockwise, again shifting rod H1 to the left as viewedin Fig. 8 or to the right as viewed in Fig. 7 to again cause roller 91to coact with the concentric disk 93. Obviously, the scissorsarrangement just described is provided to normalize or centralize theparts.

Partial endorsing operations In general, the machine is conditioned forpartial endorsing operations by the energization of the solenoid IIIPcaused by the depression of a compartment selecting key. In this case,the rod H1 is shifted to the left as viewed in Fig. 8 or to the right asviewed in Fig. 7 so that roller 91 now coacts with a cam I26 secured tothe cam driving shaft I03. The profile of this cam is such that ascalloped portion thereof I2Ba (Fig. 3a) enables the rocking of theprinting cylinder frame only at the time that the groups of printingwheels 11 and 13 are passing through printing position or in otherwords, cam I28 maintains the printing cylinder out of printing operationduring the time that the electroplate 82 is passing through the printingposition so that printing therefrom cannot be performed.

When solenoid I I I P is energized by the depression of a compartmentselecting key related to a compartment which is to receive a checkhaving a partial endorsement, it will attract its core HS inwardly,rocking the actuating plate H4 about the pin I09 as a pivot shifting pinI06 and the rod I I1 to the left as viewed in Fig. 8, to the right asviewed in Fig. 7, so that roller 91 now coacts with cam I26 prior to thecheck feeding operation.

, The rocking of actuating plate H4 will cause its stud H3 to rock thearm I24 to tension spring I25 and this tension of the spring iseffective as previously described to centralize the parts after thedeenergization of the solenoid HIP. It is explained that during thisoperation the roller 96 still coacts with the full endorsement printingcam H0 but the roller will be unable to drop to the low portions of thecam IIO, due to the fact that the corresponding higher portions of thecam I26 are dominant (see Figs. 3a, 3b).

For adjusting spring I25 to the desired tension, attached tothe casting50 is a stud I21 (Figs. 6 and 8) having a flattened extension I28. Therod I21 may be turned to such a position so that by the flattenedextension I28 bearing against the extremity of the scissors arms I23 andI24, the relationship of the latter with respect to the stud H3 and thetension of the spring I25 may be readily adjusted. The desired positionof the rod I21 is maintained by a nut I29 (Fig. 8) which fastens the rodI21 to the casting 50.

Conditioning of machine for selective full and partial endorsingoperations As previously indicated, the normal condition of the machineis such that unless the machine is conditioned for partial or fullendorsing opera: tions checks passing through into selected compartmentswill not be endorsed. By an electrical arrangement shown in Fig. 2 themachine may be conditioned so that checks sorted into certaincompartments may be partially endorsed, other checks into othercompartments may be fully endorsed and conversely all checks may bepartially endorsed or all other checks may be fully 'endorsed.

The keyboard of the machine consists of four rows of six keys each. Inview of the duplicate arrangement, only one row of keys is shown in Fig.2. The compartment selecting keys I4 are depressed prior to operation ofthe motor release bar and as fully shown and described in Patent No.2,079,442, each key when depressed is held depressed by a latch plateI34 ina well known manner. Keys I4 besides having contacts fordetermining the operation of the electromagnetic stop mechanism I5 havein the present machine supplemental contacts I35, one side of which isconnected to the line side I36 and the other to plug sockets I31. Plugconnections may be made from such plug sockets I31, such as plugconnection I38 to complete a circuit through the R2 relay and switch SIto the other line side I33 or alternatively a plug connection I40 tocomplete.

its contacts RIA to complete an obvious circuit through switch $4 to thesolenoid I I IP and R2 relay when energized closes its contacts RIB tocomplete an obvious circuit through the 3! switch to" the solenoid IIIF.By the above circuit arrangement selective plug connections may be madeso as to determine the type of endorsement to be made on checks disposedin selected compartments. Solenoids IIIP and I I IF are retainedenergized because the key operated contacts I35 are closed until anotherkey on the keyboard is depressed which shifts the latch plate I34,releasing the previously depressed key.

Although the machine may be selectively conditioned for partial and fullendorsement operations by suitable plug connections I38 and II, it maybe desirable at times to eliminate all endorsing operations which, inthe present machine, is eifected by the opening of the switch SI.

At other times irrespective of the conditioning of the machine for bothpartial and full endorsing I operations, it may be desirable topartially endorse all checks passing through the machine.-

This is done by opening switch S5 and closing switch S2. At other timesfull endorsement of all checks may be desirable which is performed inthe present arrangement by opening switch S4 and closing switch $3. Ineither-of the last two arrangements it is obvious that when theseselective operations are performed switch SI should be open.

Inkinq mechanism Any suitable means may be provided for inking theelectroplate 82 and printing wheels 11 and I8 and preferably comprisesan inking roller I which is saturated with ink and which is mounted on arod I4I, dependently hung by arms I42. Pivoted on a stud I43 carried byan extension I44 of the arms 88 and 89 is a plate I45 and extendingbetween a stud carried by the plate I45 and the lug extension I46 of thearms I42 is a spring I41, the tension and angle of the spring rockingthe roller I to such position that it will re-ink the printing elementsduring the rotation of the endorsing cylinder. The arms I42 and relatedmembers I have a pin and slot connection I48. Adjustment of the inkingroller so as to be in position to efficientlyink the inking elements isprovided by an. adjustable plate I49 pivoted on the stud I43 and bymeans of a headed screw I50 the desired adjustment may be provided. Theconstruction is such that the inking roller supporting means may berocked to the right as viewed in Fig. 6 to provide easy detachment ofthe inking roller 0..

While there have been shown and described and pointed out thefundamental novel features of the invention, it will be understood thatvarious omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and detailsof the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by thoseskilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.It is the intention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by thescope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a check endorsing machine for selectively endorsing checks with afull endorsement or partial endorsement, the combination of endorsingmeans comprising a rotatable endorsing cylinder carrying printingelements at the peripheral surface of said cylinder for printing apartial endorsement and/supplemental printing elements also at theperipheral surface of said cylinder which, in conjunction with the firstment, 9. platen between which and the printing elements of saidendorsing cylinder the checks pass and are printed thereby, a pluralityof different cam means-selectively operative during the rotation of saidcylinder, one to effect a relative movement between said platen andcylinder to cause a printing relationship between the first namedprinting elements and said platen to cause a partial endorsement on acheck being fed, and the other to effect a relative movement betweensaid cylinder and said platen. to cause the firstnamed and supplementalprinting elements to print a full endorsement on a check, and selectivemeans to rendereither of said plurality of different cam meanseffective.

2. In a check endorsing machine for selectivelyendorsing checks with afull endorsement or partial I endorsement, the combination of endorsingmeans comprising a rotatable endorsing cylinder carrying printingelements at the peripheral surface of said cylinder for printing apartial endorsement, and supplemental printing 'elements also atthe-peripheral surface of saidcylinder which, conjunction with the firstnamed printing elements, eifect a full endorsement, a platen betweenwhich and the printing elements of said endorsing cylinder the checkspass to be printed thereby, a plurality of different, cam meansselectively operative during the rotation of said cylinder, one whenrendered effective to effect relative movement between said platen andcylinder to cause a printing relationship between the first namedprinting elements and said platen to cause a partial endorsement on acheck being fed, and the other when rendered effective to effect arelative movement between said cylinder and said platen to cause thefirst named printing elements and the supplemental printing elements toprint a full endorsement on a check, selective means to ren- 'der eitherof said cam means effective. a pair of partial and full endorsingcontrol solenoids, and means controlled by each solenoid when energizedto selectively render the related cam means eflective.

3. In a check endorsing machine for selectively endorsing checks with afull endorsement or partial endorsement, the combination of a pluralityof keys, endorsing means comprising a rotatable endorsing cylindercarrying printing elements at the peripheral surface of said cylinderfor printing a partial endorsement, and supplemental printing elementsalso at the peripheral surface of said cylinder which, in conjunctionwith the first named printing elements, effect a full endorsement, aplaten between which and the printing elements of said endorsingcylinder the checks pass to be printed thereby, a plurality of differentcam means selectively operative during the rotation of said cylinder,one when rendered effective to eifect relative movement between saidplaten and cylinder to cause a printing relationship between the firstnamed printing elements and said platen to cause a partial endorsementon a check being fed, and the other when rendered effective to effect arelative movement between said cylinder and said platen to cause thefirst named printing elements and the supplemental printing elements toprint a full endorsement on a check, selective means to render either ofsaid cam means eflective, a pair of partial and full endorsing controlsolenoids, means controlled by each solenoid when energized toselectively render the related cam named printing elements, eflfect afull endorse- (I means eflective, and circuit closing means controlledby certain of said keys to energize one -solenoid and controlled by theother keys totatable printing cylinder carrying printing elements forprinting certain data, and supplemental printing elements which eii'ectprinting of other data, a platen, cam means for establishing a printingrelationship between the first named printing elements and said platento effect one data printing, and a diflerent cam means establishing aprinting relationship between the supplemental printing elements andsaid platen to eflect another data printing, both of said cam meansbeing selectively operative during the rotation of said cylinder, a pairof printing controlling solenoids to condition said preceding cam meansto eflect printing or either data, and means for energizing eithersolenoid including individual contacts operated and closed by each ofsaid keys and selective wire connections to enable any key to energizeany selected solenoid.

5. In a record endorsing machine for optionally eilecting a partial orfull endorsement of records. the combination of a rotatable endorsingcylinder carrying partial endorsing printing elements and supplementalprinting elements which conjointly with said partial endorsing printingelements effect a full endorsement, a platen cooperating with theprinting elements of saidjcylinder selected for printing, control meansincluding "a solenoid which is energized to cause the partial endorsingprinting elements to cooperate with said platen to print a partialendorsement on a record, further con- I trol means including a secondsolenoid which is energized to cause the partial and supplementalprinting elements to cooperate with said platen to print a full.endorsement, a plurality of keys,

contacts closedby the depression 01' said keys,

variable plug circuit connections between said solenoids and thecontacts closed by the keys to cause the energization of either oi saidsolenoids by the depression of certain keys, 9. switch and circuitconnections controlled thereby for retaining the first named solenoidcontinuously energized, and a supplemental switch, and circuitconnections controlled thereby for retain ing the second solenoidcontinuously energized, whereby partial or full endorsement can beefiected on all records irrespective oi the keys operated.

DERK J. OLDENBOOM.

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